Spatial and Temporal Variation in Reproduction of a Generalist Crocodilian, Caiman crocodilus yacare, in a Seasonally Flooded Wetland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 We monitored the number of caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) nests in two ranches in the Brazilian Pantanal that cover an area of about 50.000 ha for 28 years (1987-2014).
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Growth of Caiman crocodilus yacare in the Brazilian Pantanal. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 We studied growth of the caiman, Caiman crocodilus yacare, in the Brazilian Pantanal for 27 years between 1987 and 2013.We recaptured 647 of 7769 C. c. yacare initially marked in an area of 50 km(2), in two ranches.
Zilca Campos +3 more
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Field and experimental evidence of a new caiman trypanosome species closely phylogenetically related to fish trypanosomes and transmitted by leeches [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015 Trypanosoma terena and Trypanosoma ralphi are known species of the South American crocodilians Caiman crocodilus, Caiman yacare and Melanosuchus niger and are phylogenetically related to the tsetse-transmitted Trypanosoma grayi of the African Crocodylus ...
Bruno R. Fermino +11 more
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Cross-species microsatellite amplification in South American Caimans (Caiman spp and Paleosuchus palpebrosus) [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2006 Microsatellite DNA markers have been used to assess genetic diversity and to study ecological behavioral characteristics in animals. Although these markers are powerful tools, their development is labor intensive and costly.
Rodrigo Barban Zucoloto +3 more
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Extending the paleontology-biogeography reciprocity with SDMs: Exploring models and data in reducing fossil taxonomic uncertainty. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Historically, studies aimed at prospecting and analyzing paleontological and neontological data to investigate species distribution have developed separately. Research at the interface between paleontology and biogeography has shown a unidirectional bias,
Anderson Aires Eduardo +7 more
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 Given the growing use of alternative sources of protein, studies on the commercial viability of amazonians wild species, based on the yield of their carcass, are still scarce in the literature.
NATALIA B.C. MEDEIROS +3 more
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Salting kinetics and salt diffusivities in farmed Pantanal caiman muscle [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2003 The legal Pantanal caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) farming, in Brazil, has been stimulated and among meat preservation techniques the salting process is a relatively simple and low-cost method.
Vânia Regina Nicoletti Telis +3 more
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Avaliação do risco de extinção do jacaré-do-pantanal Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1802) no Brasil
Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2013 O risco de extinção de Caiman yacare foi avaliado de acordo com os critérios da União Internacional para a Conservação da Natureza (IUCN 2001, 2003), com base nos dados disponíveis até 2011.
Izeni Pires Farias +8 more
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Trypanosoma sp. em jacaré, Caiman crocodilus yacare (Daudín, 1823) (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae)
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 1990 Infecção natural por Trypanosoma sp. é descrita em jacaré, Caiman crododilus yacare (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae) em Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. O tripanosoma distingue-se de Trypanosoma grayi, do crocodilo Africano, Crocodilus niloticus (Crocodilia ...
Vânia Lúcia Brandão Nunes +1 more
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Cranial shape variation in jacarean caimanines (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and its implications in the taxonomic status of extinct species: The case of Melanosuchus fisheri [PDF]
, 2018 Cranial shape variation in jacarean caimanines (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and its implications in the taxonomic status of extinct ...
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